Improvement in handle for casks



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Maggi@ J. L'EWIS JONES', OFl UTICA, vNEIN YGRK.

Letters Patent No. 86,759, dated February 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HANDLE FOR. CASKS.

The Schedulel referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the sameA To all tvhom 'it may concern: l

Be it known that l, J. LEwIs JoNEs, of Utica, in the county of Oneida, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Combination Handle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and 4 exact description ofthe construction and operation of the saule, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation.

l Figure 2, a view of the back of the plate, in elevation. Figure 3, a perspective view of the handle.

Figure 4, a sectional view of the plate, made ou a veitical line through the centre of the eye, showing also, near by, one end of the bail O.

Figure 5, a horizontal view of the'plate.

Figure 6, an edge View of the'plate. Y

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of the eye, in the application of cams to the handle, and in an improved Inode of preventing the handles from spreading, arranged and constructed as hereinafter described.

Torenable others skilled in the art to makeand use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I make my handles of the metal, and in the form del sired, by any well-knowu means.

can extend a part or all of the Way around the wrist,

the upper part only being neededto keep the bail in.

The bail is readily attached and detached by the '0perator.

vWhen the bail is detached, the handle projects but a short distance from its fastening, and presentsV no sharp angles or rough projections liable to fracture, or cause inconvenience -in handling.

Vhen these handles are attached to cans, tubs, barrels, 86e., these vessels can be easily tipped for emptying, while lift-ed by the bail, or suspended by the bail, because the handle can turn on the bail in safety.

There is an elevation of the plate at a c, iigs. 1, 2, 5., and 6, formed to stop the handle at a certain height, and to act upon cams f f, to press the handle out from whatever it is attached to, into its bearings b b, gs. 2, 4, and 6. l A

The handle B, iig. 3, is made with cams ff on-its upper side, of such form, and so located, that as the handle is raised, -the cams come in contact with elevations a a, fig. 1, upon which they slide, and draw the wrists l (l intotheir bearings l1 b.

These bearings are elevated sufcientlyfto let the projections c c, on wrists d d, easily work behind them. These projections press against the bearings when the handle Vhas a tendency to spread, lessening the liability to injury.

Claims.

-1. The handle B, in combination with the plateA., when constructed and arranged as described.

2. The bail C, in combination with the plate A, when constructed in the manner and Vfor the purpose as described.

J. LEWIS JONES.

Witnesses W. H. MronLE, DEXTER GILLMORE. 

